TED MED 2012

Ben Goldacre: What doctors don’t know about the drugs they prescribe

http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_what_doctors_don_t_know_about_the_drugs_they_prescribe.html

When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world — except much of the time, negative or inconclusive findings go unreported, leaving doctors and researchers in the dark. In this impassioned talk, Ben Goldacre explains why these unreported instances of negative data are especially misleading and dangerous.

中文字幕：https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=caC7r86BHSU#t=23

評論：

所有的研究都有「訊息不對等」的問題，就好像二手車買賣一樣，賣方對車子的問題，一定比買方了解，即使不說謊，只要選擇性的提供資訊，就可以誤導買方。所以，聽到什麼研究表示什麼藥物或食物對那個病有幫助，即使有一大堆數據及臨床病例佐證，都不要不思考就信以為真，連「嚴謹」的學術界及大藥廠都會選擇性的提供資訊，那坊間聽到的什麼什麼特效藥或特別治療方法，或許更經不起嚴格的考驗。